collective discrimination. This pattern of unequal access to resources in the society thus gives rise to social inequality. In the United States‚ the four major groups of racial minorities are the Native Americans‚ the African Americans‚ the Asian Americans‚ and the Hispanic Americans. Throughout the
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The Hypocrisy of the United States Government Chen Weihua’s December 14‚ 2010 article‚ “WikiLeaks’ ordeal tests Internet Freedom”‚ which deals with the globally controversial website‚ WikiLeaks‚ provided many excellent arguments against the widespread dislike of the web site’s founder‚ Julian Assange. The majority of the points in this article challenge government officials and journalists who believe that WikiLeaks is a threat to the United States of America and other countries. He explains some
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Americans‚ and for the first time the United States was technologically behind their Communist counterparts. During 1952 the International Council of Scientific Unions decided to officially designate July 1‚ 1957‚ to December 31‚ 1958‚ as the International Geophysical Year (IGY). This period was designated because scientists knew that solar activity would be at a point that would allow for mapping of the Earth ’s surface. Both the Soviet Union and the United States set plans in place to launch artificial
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Declaration of Independence and Constitution of The United States of America The United States Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4‚ 1776 by members of the Second Continental Congress in Independence Hall (then known as the Pennsylvania State House) in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania as a means to cut ties and governance with mother England. Unbeknownst at the time‚ it also lay the philosophical basis to the United States Constitution‚ that all men are created
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The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose main objectives are stated to be; facilitating cooperation in international law‚ international security‚ economic development‚ social progress‚ human rights‚ and achievement of world peace. The UN delegates these responsibilities to various agencies which include 193 member states. The organization consists of six main bodies as well as several other prominent agencies. The success of the UN‚ measured given their main objectives‚ can
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September 25‚ 2012 Federal Election Commission v. Citizens United The First Amendment has been one of the most controversial issues surrounding the Constitutions since its ratification in 1787. The First Amendment states‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
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Manchester United Singing Section I came up with the idea of writing this article at the start of the October half-term. As a Manchester United season ticket holder‚ I had the prospect of seeing four games during this two-week break. The second of those games‚ a Wednesday night Champions League game against Real Sociedad of Spain‚ was the game during which United had chosen to trial the much anticipated singing section. The singing section was an idea pushed by two fan groups‚ Reclaim United and Stretford
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After WWII The Soviet Union and the United States had many different political ideologies particularly communism and capitalism. Capitalism is a belief that private property should be replaced by community ownership. Communism is opposed private ownership economies of the United States and its allies. Based on Document A‚ a document was first telegraphed to American officials in Washington on February 22‚ 1946 and it happened after WWII. In Document A the United States made the idea of containment
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Citizenship as it has been stated in the constitution‚ accepts all people who were born in the United States to be citizen of the United States. A great number of people also agrees for illegal people to stays in the United States although they disagree for them to apply for permanent resident. Another problem is whether a border should be made around the borders and the argument have continued over the year. The cartoon clearly describe the uncertainty of undocumented or illegal people to citizenship
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only ones that exist and shouldn’t be used to undervalue the other rights that exist Amendment X: Powers not assigned to the United States by the constitution If the Constitution doesn’t specifically grant a power to the federal government‚ it automatically stays with the state and the people Amendment XI: State’s sovereign immunity The judicial power of the United States protects the states from being sued from citizens of
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